956 Elisa
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
Discovery site | Heidelberg |
Discovery date | August 8, 1921 |
Designations | |
1921 JW; 1959 NB | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5) | |
Aphelion | 2.767 AU |
Perihelion | 1.830 AU |
2.298 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.204 |
3.485 a | |
48.625° | |
Inclination | 5.964° |
192.828° | |
125.228° | |
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956 Elisa is a V-type asteroid in the Main Belt, orbiting not far from the Vesta family, but not within it. It is, however, probably a fragment of 4 Vesta ejected during an impact.[1][2] Its rotation period is 3.888 hours.
References
- ↑ M. Florczak; D. Lazarro & R. Duffard (2002). "Discovering New V-Type Asteroids in the Vicinity of 4 Vesta". Icarus 159 (1): 178. Bibcode:2002Icar..159..178F. doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6913.
- ↑ V. Carruba; et al. (2005). "On the V-type asteroids outside the Vesta family". Astronomy & Astrophysics 441 (2): 819. arXiv:astro-ph/0506656. Bibcode:2005A&A...441..819C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053355.
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